Jennifer Johnson (table tennis)
Jennifer Ellen Johnson née Brown (born October 25, 1948) is a former wheelchair basketball player and a para table tennis player[1]. She developed polio at the age of five in Jamaica. She has represented Jamaica at the Paralympics from 1968 to 1980 and then represented the United States at the Paralympics from 1984 to 2004[2]. She was married to Denton Johnson before his death.
Sporting career
Johnson first started playing ball sports in her teens, she was introduced to a lot of sports and was interested in table tennis. She participated for home nation Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, Germany and won a silver medal in wheelchair basketball. Johnson's family immigrated to the United States after the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she joined the Paralympic table tennis team in 1983 and one year later won two silver medals in the 1984 Summer Paralympics along with Pamela Fontaine.[3]
References
- ^ "IPTTC Profile – Jennifer Johnson". International Para Table Tennis Federation. April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Athlete Bio – Jennifer Johnson". Team USA. April 17, 2019.
- ^ "Where Are They Now?". Women's Sports Foundation. February 7, 2013.
- 1948 births
- Sportspeople from Westchester County, New York
- American people of Jamaican descent
- Paralympic table tennis players of the United States
- Table tennis players at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
- Table tennis players at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- Living people
- Sportswomen
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Paralympic medalists in table tennis
- Paralympic medalists for Jamaica
- Paralympic gold medalists for the United States
- Paralympic silver medalists for the United States
- Paralympic bronze medalists for the United States